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Comment by mnork

Comment by Geno

With the new 2.3 patch increasing regen from 15% to 30% inside the five seond rule for Druids and Priests, this'll be a highly viable offhand over the Tears of Heaven.

Currently, I use Aran's Soothing Sapphire, but with this one coming out, I'd lose a little healing, but I'd gain a nice amount of Spirit, Stamina, and keep a lot of the Int. I personally think this'd be a great asset to anyone that has the ability to bounce the five second rule. It may not be as much as Aran's up front, but (As a Druid) factor in Kings, talents, and the like, and you could have a highly viable offhand here!

Comment by Matsumi

Very similar to Signet of Unshakable Faith off Moroes in Karazhan.You'd gain/lose -1 Stamina, -1 Intellect, +3 Spirit, and +18 Healing and +6 Damage.

Comment by Anck

For Tree of Life druids, this is arguably better than Talisman of the Sun King, as far as pure healing stats are concerned.

Assuming you can stay out of the five second rule 10% of the duration of the fight, the voodoo shaker will already regenerate more mana ( (0.90 * 0.30 + 0.10) * 25 * 1.15 * 1.10 * 5/9 = 6.5 mp5 for the shaker, vs 6mp5 for the talisman ), and if you can use innervate, the difference will be even bigger, because it immediately offsets the -4 intellect. ( 4 int = 4 * 1.10 * 15 = 66 mana, innervate adds 25 * 1.15 * 1.10 / 9 * 5 * 20 = 351 for the voodoo shaker, vs 6 * 5 * 4 = 120 for the talisman, so innervate negates the -4 int difference and adds another 165 on top of that. )

You do lose 99 hp ( 9 stamina * 1.10 * 10) or 104 hp if you're Tauren (1.05 modifier), so whether or not it's worth it depends on how squishy you are, and how many badges you have lying around.

Comment by dukelukem

You'd gain/lose -1 Stamina, -1 Intellect, +3 Spirit,

That´s "very similar" as you say, true.

and +18 Healing and +6 Damage.

Now how is that "very similar"? That´s like an extra socket slotted with a Teardrop Living Ruby. Or like going from T4 to T5 gloves.Definitly worth the upgrade imho (also from Aran´s Soothing Sapphire, for that matter) and it costs less badges than two Karazhan clears will net you.

Clearly this item is worth it when moving on from kara because the added stimna is needed along with the intelect

Comment by Joodass

Pardon the noob question but what is the '5 second rule'?

Comment by NoHealsForYou

Well worth the 35 badges, you'll not be replacing it for a very long time. As a holy priest, the stam increase is nice, the int is all good, the spirit is awesome and to top it off, 55+heal isn't something to scoff at! You're looking at BT before a better offhand is found.

Comment by Kiliana

Tree Druid currently wielding the S3 OH and I will be picking this up since I've completed my badge set, 25 Spirit easily off sets 11 healing. Especially when you consider the Improved Spirit buff, bringing this offhand to 61.5 healing and 32.5 Spirit for a full resto druid ( 25 * 1.15 Living Spirit * .2 Imp Spirit + 55)